Improvement in vises



To whom it may concern CHARLEsA,e-oLnor er. LoUIs, MICHIGAN, AssIGNon'ro HIM- @anni dtiiyiirr.

`SELLE` A-ND JOHN L. EVANS. v y

Letters Potent No. 95,195, dated September 28, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN vrees.y

Theehedule referred to in these'Letters Patent and making part of the same. v

Be it known that I, CHARLES.. A. r4COLE, of St. Louis, in the county of Gratiot, and State ofA Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Adjustable Vises; and I do declare that the following is a true'and; accurate description thereof, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawings, audvto the letters ofvyreference marked thereon, `and being a part of this speeication.`

Figure-lis' a perspective viewof my invention.'

Figure 2 is an `elevation of the inner side of the front leaf. Y

Like letters indicate like partsin each figure.A l The nature of this invention relates to an improvement in vises,`nanie1y, in the simplification oi' construction and arrangement of the several parts, by

virtueoi which I obtain a very efficient adjustable-v jawed vise,.at a cost less than that for whichothers operating on the same general principles can `be obtained. d

In the drawingsf A represents a leaf, the upper end of which terminates'in a stationary jaw, a, and is provided with a lng, i), by means of which the whole is secured to a bench or table. v

Bbis another leaf, hinged to the leaf A, at their lower ends, in the usual manner.

The spring G compels the upper ends of therparts of the vise to open when allowed to doso bythe operation of the screw D.

The upper portion of the leaf B is enlarged, and

squared at top, and its inner side, which is semi-V circular in form, is provided with a Channel, c.

E/is a jaw, made substantially in the form shown inthe drawings, and pivoted to the squared top of the What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

rlhe `improved construction and arrangement of the l v several parts of the vise, asl herein shown anddescribed. v

CHARLES A. COLE. Witnesses:

J. D. ELLIOTT,

,0. H. BLACK. 

